1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Ronaldo's converted penalty in Rotterdam saw Barcelona beat PSG 1–0 and rack up a record fourth Cup Winners' Cup title.
Tournament details
Dates	8 August 1996 – 14 May 1997
Teams	49
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (4th title)
Runners-up	Paris Saint-Germain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	95
Goals scored	252 (2.65 per match)
Attendance	1,346,295 (14,172 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Robbie Fowler (Liverpool) 7 goals

The 1996–97 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was won by Barcelona after beating holders Paris Saint-Germain in the final. It was the last of four occasions that the Spanish club won the tournament.

All times are CET/CEST.

Teams

First round
Paris Saint-GermainTH	Fiorentina	Nîmes Olympique	Barcelona
Kaiserslautern	PSV	Benfica	Liverpool
Cercle Brugge	AEK Athens	Lokomotiv Moscow	Galatasaray
AGF	Sturm Graz	AIK
Qualifying round
Sion	Sparta Prague	Heart of Midlothian	Brann
Nyva Vinnytsia	Honvéd	Gloria Bistrița	Ruch Chorzów
Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion	AEK Larnaca	Varteks	Universitāte Rīga
Chemlon Humenné	Olimpija Ljubljana	Dinamo Batumi	KR Reykjavík
MyPa	Levski Sofia	MPKC Mozyr	Glentoran
Sloga Jugomagnat	Constructorul Chişinău	Shelbourne	Valletta
Kareda Šiauliai	Flamurtari Vlorë	Union Luxembourg	HB Tórshavn
FC Vaduz	TNS Llansantffraid	Kotayk Abovyan	Tallinna Sadam
Red Star Belgrade	Qarabağ

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Qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
MPKC Mozyr	2–3	KR Reykjavík	2–2	0–1
Shelbourne	2–5	Brann	1–3	1–2
TNS Llansantffraid	1–6	Ruch Chorzów	1–1	0–5
Honvéd	2–0	Sloga Jugomagnat	1–0	1–0
Varteks	5–1	Union Luxembourg	2–1	3–0
Universitāte Rīga	2–2 (2–4 p)	Vaduz	1–1	1–1 (aet)
Glentoran	1–10	Sparta Prague	1–2	0–8
Dinamo Batumi	9–0	HB Tórshavn	6–0	3–0
Tallinna Sadam	2–2 (a)	Nyva Vinnytsia	2–1	0–1
Chemlon Humenné	3–0	Flamurtari Vlorë	1–0	2–0
Sion	4–2	Kareda Šiauliai	4–2	0–0
Olimpija Ljubljana	1–1 (4–3 p)	Levski Sofia	1–0	0–1 (aet)
Red Star Belgrade	1–1 (a)	Heart of Midlothian	0–0	1–1
Qarabağ Ağdam	1–2	MyPa	0–1	1–1 (aet)
Kotayk Abovyan	1–5	AEK Larnaca	1–0	0–5
Constructorul Chişinău	3–3 (a)	Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion	1–0	2–3
Valletta	2–4	Gloria Bistrița	1–2	1–2

First leg

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Second leg

KR Reykjavík won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Budapest Honvéd won 2–0 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate. Nyva Vinnytsia won on away goals.

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AEK Larnaca won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Gloria Bistrița won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Ruch Chorzów won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Chemlon Hummené won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Batumi won 9–0 on aggregate.

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Sion won 4–2 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate. Vaduz won 4–2 on penalties.

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3–3 on aggregate. Constructorul Chişinău won on away goals.

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Brann won 5–2 on aggregate.

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1–1 on aggregate. Olimpija Ljubljana won 4–2 on penalties.

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MyPa won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Varteks won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Sparta Prague won 10–1 on aggregate.

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1–1 on aggregate. Red Star Belgrade won on away goals.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nîmes Olympique	5–2	Honvéd	3–1	2–1
Sturm Graz	3–3 (a)	Sparta Prague	2–2	1–1
Barcelona	2–0	AEK Larnaca	2–0	0–0
Constructorul Chişinău	0–5	Galatasaray	0–1	0–4
Kaiserslautern	1–4	Red Star Belgrade	1–0	0–4 (aet)
MyPa	1–4	Liverpool	0–1	1–3
Sion	6–0	Nyva Vinnytsia	2–0	4–0
AGF Aarhus	1–1 (a)	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–1	0–0
Cercle Brugge	3–6	Brann	3–2	0–4
KR Reykjavík	1–2	AIK	0–1	1–1
Benfica	5–1	Ruch Chorzów	5–1	0–0
AEK Athens	3–1	Chemlon Humenné	1–0	2–1
Gloria Bistrița	1–2	Fiorentina	1–1	0–1
Dinamo Batumi	1–4	PSV	1–1	0–3
Vaduz	0–7	Paris Saint-Germain	0–4	0–3
Lokomotiv Moscow	2–2 (a)	Varteks	1–0	1–2

First leg

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Second leg

Sion won 6–0 on aggregate.

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AEK Athens won 3–1 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate. Lokomotiv Moscow won on away goals.

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Galatasaray won 5–0 on aggregate.

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AIK won 2–1 on aggregate.

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1–1 on aggregate. Olimpija Ljubljana won on away goals.

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Brann won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate.

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3–3 on aggregate. Sparta Prague won on away goals.

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Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.

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PSV Eindhoven won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Nîmes won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Paris Saint-Germain won 7–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sion	4–8	Liverpool	1–2	3–6
Nîmes Olympique	2–3	AIK	1–3	1–0
Fiorentina	3–2	Sparta Prague	2–1	1–1
Olimpija Ljubljana	0–6	AEK Athens	0–2	0–4
Brann	4–3	PSV	2–1	2–2
Barcelona	4–2	Red Star Belgrade	3–1	1–1
Benfica	4–2	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0	3–2
Galatasaray	4–6	Paris Saint-Germain	4–2	0–4

First leg

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Second leg

AIK won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate.

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AEK Athens won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Brann won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Liverpool won 8–4 on aggregate.

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Fiorentina won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Paris Saint-Germain won 6–4 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Benfica	1–2	Fiorentina	0–2	1–0
Paris Saint-Germain	3–0	AEK Athens	0–0	3–0
Brann	1–4	Liverpool	1–1	0–3
Barcelona	4–2	AIK	3–1	1–1

First leg

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Second leg

Paris Saint-Germain won 3–0 on aggregate.

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Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Liverpool won 4–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	3–1	Fiorentina	1–1	2–0
Paris Saint-Germain	3–2	Liverpool	3–0	0–2

First leg

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Second leg

Paris Saint-Germain won 3–2 on aggregate.

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After Barcelona's second goal, Iván de la Peña of Barcelona was hit by an object thrown from the stands and required medical assistance. As a result, Fiorentina received a two-match European competition stadium ban, enforced at the start of their 1998–99 UEFA Cup campaign.

Barcelona won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Robbie Fowler	Liverpool	7
2	Mons Ivar Mjelde	Brann	6
3	Ronaldo	Barcelona	5
	Horst Siegl	Sparta Prague	5
	Hakan Şükür	Galatasaray	5
6	Arkadiusz Bąk	Ruch Chorzów	4
	Gabriel Batistuta	Fiorentina	4
	Christophe Bonvin	Sion	4
	Patrice Loko	Paris Saint-Germain	4
	Pascal Simpson	AIK	4
11	John Barnes	Liverpool	3
	Daniel Batista	AEK Athens	3
	Frédéric Chassot	Sion	3
	Julio Dely Valdés	Paris Saint-Germain	3
	Claus Eftevaag	Brann	3
	Giovanni	Barcelona	3
	João Pinto	Benfica	3
	Leonardo	Paris Saint-Germain	3
	Vratislav Lokvenc	Sparta Prague	3
	Temur Tugushi	Dinamo Batumi	3
	Davit Ujmajuridze	Dinamo Batumi	3
	Philippe Vercruysse	Sion	3

See also

• 1996–97 UEFA Champions League
• 1996–97 UEFA Cup
• 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup